Applied Epistemology
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We help organisations think more effectively about almost anything by bringing to bear our unique range of methods, tools and insights, and drawing on our extensive experience.
"Epistemology" refers to the study of knowledge. As applied epistemologists, we bring knowledge from disciplines such as cognitive science, philosophy and neuroscience to practical challenges within knowledge-based organisations. Please contact us for a conversation about how we might assist you. |
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Often an organisation's knowledge is distributed, tacit, inconsistent, and contentious. We can assist with powerful methods for eliciting, clarifying and synthesizing complex bodies of knowledge.
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Every organisation has processes for generating knowledge, but often these processes are sub-optimal, or even counter-productive. We can review your processes, from cognitive and epistemological perspectives, and recommend improvements.
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As leading experts in argument mapping, we can produce for you maps bringing clarity and structure to even the most complex, messy and contentious topics.
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Risks & Decision
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Decision Making
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Critical Thinking Skills
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We can help your organisation to better identify, evaluate and communicate complex sets of risks associated with major decisions. A special focus is how risks are communicated to high-level decision groups such as company boards.
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Using our unique visual methods and facilitation skills, we can assist you make difficult deliberative decisions i.e. those involving a complex set of options, diverse pros and cons, detailed arguments and evidence, and a range of stakeholders.
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We provide high-level training in a range of critical thinking skills; and provide consulting services regarding the nature of critical thinking, how to cultivate it, and how to assess it.
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Legal Reasoning
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Wicked Problems
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Global Futures
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We provide training in the fundamentals of legal reasoning and argumentation, how to communicate complex reasoning clearly and concisely, and how to produce elegant letters of advice.
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We can help you tackle wicked problems by building clarity and shared understanding using visual mapping techniques.
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Using our distinctive methods and drawing on principal Paul Monk's knowledge and deep insight, we can support your team to think more effectively about an uncertain global future, particularly regarding China.
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Software
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Online Deliberation
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Short Sessions
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Austhink developed, and are value-adding resellers for, the leading mapping software tools, Rationale and bCisive.
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Using our online deliberation platform (currently visible as YourView Australia), Austhink can help you to conduct high-quality online deliberation with synthesis of collective wisdom, whether in public or for internal use.
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Austhink principals Paul Monk and Tim van Gelder are available for sessions of various kinds, from keynote addresses to small masterclasses, on various topics such as critical thinking, intelligence & security, geopolitics, and democracy.
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